Paul Pogba, Lassana Diarra, Riyad Mahrez and Steve Mandanda; just four names on the long and glorious list of players who took their first major steps in football at Le Havre. Tottenham Hotspur target Vincent Marcel could now well add his name to theirs.
Le Havre Athletic Club, France's oldest professional football team, has made the task of unearthing raw talent and polishing it into a player ready to make the next step up a highly refined art form.
Though they got their fingers burned with Pogba, it has not prevented them from staying true to their philosophy.